Brain of London

Brain of London is the title The Quiz League of London awards to the winner of the annual individual competition. The competition is open to all quizzers regardless of their league affiliation or lack thereof.

The MIMIR format is used, having been imported from the Merseyside Quiz Leagues in 1992. Click here to see the rules.

The competition has been dominated by Kevin Ashman who has won the title 10 times. Robert Willer has won four times.

In 2006 a qualifying competition was introduced, resulting in a big increase in participation. The players who qualify take part in the preliminary event to decide the four finalists who will battle it out on finals night.

Matches take place in groups of four, drawn out of the hat. Each person has three questions addressed to them, in each of five rounds. You can take your time to answer but a wrong answer or a pass gives any of the other three an opportunity to score a bonus point. Who should get the first chance to answer for a bonus is determined by offering the question to whoever, at that stage, has made least attempts to gain bonus points. The winner is awarded the R S Yule Trophy, named in memory of Robert Scott Yule 1906-1982.

In order to make the competition open to even more players, a second BoL competition was introduced in the 2010-2011 season. The winner is awarded the Donald Yule Trophy, named after league co-founder and honory life president Donald Yule who retired at the end of the 2010-2011 season.

Results

Year	Winner	Finalists
2012 BoL1 2012 BoL2	Mark Grant (Broken Hearts) Quentin Holt (Pericardium)	David Stainer, Mark Grant, Robert Willer & Olav Bjortomt Larry Whitehurst, Quentin Holt, Gareth Kingston & William Barrett
2011 BoL1 2011 BoL2	David Lea (Nomads) Ross Goodwin (Fit for Purpose?)	Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, William De Ath Richard Jones, Mark Walton, Larry Whitehurst
2010	Robert Willer (Atletico)	Kevin Ashman, Ian Bayley, Olav Bjortomt
2009	Robert Willer (Atletico)	Ian Bayley, Mark Grant, Jesse Honey
2008	Robert Willer (Atletico)	Kevin Ashman, Roger Bennett, Olav Bjortomt
2007	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Ian Bayley, Mark Bytheway, Robert Willer
2006	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Ian Bayley, Mike Billson, Jesse Honey
2005	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Roger Bennett, Mike Billson, Robert Willer
2004	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Mike Billson, Andrew Frazer, Robert Willer
2003	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Roger Bennett, Gavin Fuller, John Grant
2002	Mike Billson (Rising Sons)	John Grant, John McDonnell, Roger Mortimore
2001	Robert Willer (Atletico Manor)	Mike Billson, Howard Pizzey, Brian Wright
2000	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Mike Billson, Andrew Frazer, Roger Mortimore
1999	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Roger Mortimore, Tony Sherwood, Larry Whitehurst
1998	Adrian Perry (Manor Corinthians)	Roger Bennett, Gavin Fuller, Brian Wright
1997	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Brian Sheridan, Tony Sherwood, Donald Yule
1996	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	Roger Mortimore, Adrian Perry, Brian Wright
1995	Kevin Ashman (Allsorts)	John McDonnell, Roger Mortimore, Donald Yule
1994	Tony Sherwood (The Beehive)	Kevin Ashman, Roger Mortimore, Robert Willer
1993	Tony Sherwood (The Beehive)	n/k
1992	Donald Yule (Manor Athletic)	n/k